House resolution

Sunday's letter, "War, not genocide, killed Armenians as well as Turks," maintains that there was no genocide. As long as there are proponents denying the genocide, the need for passing the resolution in the House to acknowledge the 1915 Armenian genocide is all the more compelling.

The overwhelming majority of the nations of the world have long affirmed the atrocities suffered by the Armenian people. The opponents of the House resolution do not dispute the genocide but oppose the resolution during an unstable time in the Middle East. The threat of retaliation from an "ally" has kept many representatives from supporting the measure.

Do threats dictate how we record history? Could tabling this resolution be considered a denial of the genocide?

Inasmuch as there exist those who deny the events of 1915 as a genocide, we are reminded that truth is not a matter of convenience, recorded history should not be shaped by diplomacy, and a failure to acknowledge the truth tacitly supports a lie.